Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 261 300
Rank change year-on-year -91 +39 -4
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 598 555 623
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 1.13% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.27% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 310 254 298
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,948 £42,608
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,813 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,024 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% +1.46% -
75th Percentile £80,938 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £100,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,468 43,703 59,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.32% 88.90% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 59,116 24,458 31,674
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -93 529 £60,425 -16.08% 1,775
London -37 302 £71,121 -11.10% 1,148
UK excluding London -133 240 £60,000 -4.00% 750
Work from Home -24 185 £59,338 -15.23% 733
North of England -34 65 £60,000 -22.58% 145
South East -94 59 £45,000 -28.00% 189
North West +1 51 £63,000 -6.67% 79
Midlands -37 37 £48,500 -24.22% 104
South West -57 36 £60,000 -4.00% 79
West Midlands -33 27 £48,500 -15.60% 64
East of England -40 22 £70,000 +6.87% 80
Scotland +8 13 £77,500 +82.35% 92
Yorkshire -48 13 £57,500 -29.23% 48
East Midlands -28 10 £38,347 -48.87% 40
Northern Ireland -78 5 - - 39
Wales -69 3 £65,000 +13.18% 22
North East -67 1 - - 18

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (7.53%) Confluence
2 22 (3.68%) CMS
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.67%) Drupal
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.17%) Moqups
6 5 (0.84%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.33%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (3.18%) Workfront
2 14 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.84%) SAP PSCD
4 5 (0.84%) Shopify
5 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.50%) iTrent
6 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.17%) Eikon
7 1 (0.17%) Magento
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.17%) RMDS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 75 (12.54%) SaaS
2 70 (11.71%) AWS
3 37 (6.19%) Azure
4 20 (3.34%) iPaaS
5 16 (2.68%) Power Platform
6 15 (2.51%) Figma
6 15 (2.51%) GCP
6 15 (2.51%) Google Workspace
7 11 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.67%) Anthropic Claude
9 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.00%) GitHub
10 6 (1.00%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (0.84%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.84%) Zapier
12 4 (0.67%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (0.67%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.35%) HTTP
2 23 (3.85%) Broadband
3 11 (1.84%) Firewall
3 11 (1.84%) WAN
4 9 (1.51%) DNS
4 9 (1.51%) LAN
5 8 (1.34%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.00%) DHCP
6 6 (1.00%) MPLS
6 6 (1.00%) NX-OS
7 4 (0.67%) Internet
7 4 (0.67%) Multicast
7 4 (0.67%) SAN
7 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.50%) CTI
8 3 (0.50%) Intranet
8 3 (0.50%) Network Security
8 3 (0.50%) VPN
8 3 (0.50%) VSAT
8 3 (0.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.85%) Metadata
2 16 (2.68%) Power BI
3 8 (1.34%) Big Data
3 8 (1.34%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.00%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.50%) MySQL
6 3 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Db2
7 2 (0.33%) GIS
7 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 70 (11.71%) JIRA
2 12 (2.01%) Git
3 10 (1.67%) Claude Code
3 10 (1.67%) GitLab
4 9 (1.51%) Postman
4 9 (1.51%) Selenium
5 7 (1.17%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.84%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.67%) JUnit
8 2 (0.33%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.33%) TestNG
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 180 (30.10%) Finance
3 160 (26.76%) Marketing
4 93 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (13.21%) Law
6 70 (11.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 67 (11.20%) Banking
8 55 (9.20%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (6.86%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (6.69%) Retail
11 39 (6.52%) Manufacturing
12 37 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (6.02%) Public Sector
14 24 (4.01%) Legal
15 22 (3.68%) Electronics
16 20 (3.34%) Telecoms
17 18 (3.01%) Publishing
18 15 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (2.01%) Financial Institution
20 9 (1.51%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 158 (26.42%) Product Manager
2 94 (15.72%) Lead
3 71 (11.87%) Senior
4 50 (8.36%) Product Owner
5 48 (8.03%) Software Engineer
6 36 (6.02%) Lead Software Engineer
7 33 (5.52%) Senior Manager
8 27 (4.52%) Development Engineer
8 27 (4.52%) Software Development Engineer
9 23 (3.85%) Product Lead
10 20 (3.34%) Senior Product Manager
11 15 (2.51%) Development Manager
11 15 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (2.34%) Architect
13 13 (2.17%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.17%) Marketing Manager
13 13 (2.17%) Technical Manager
14 12 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.01%) Product Marketing Manager
14 12 (2.01%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.19%) REST
2 19 (3.18%) HTML
3 15 (2.51%) Google Maps API
4 13 (2.17%) React
5 11 (1.84%) Terraform
6 10 (1.67%) XML
7 9 (1.51%) LangChain
8 8 (1.34%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.34%) Spring
8 8 (1.34%) TensorFlow
9 7 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.00%) Pandas
11 5 (0.84%) CrewAI
11 5 (0.84%) CSS
11 5 (0.84%) LlamaIndex
11 5 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
12 4 (0.67%) LangGraph
12 4 (0.67%) Node.js
12 4 (0.67%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 175 (29.26%) Product Ownership
2 39 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 38 (6.35%) AI Agents
4 30 (5.02%) Public Cloud
4 30 (5.02%) Social Media
5 29 (4.85%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.51%) Marketing Technology
7 19 (3.18%) Over-the-Top Content
8 16 (2.68%) Augmented Reality
9 15 (2.51%) Virtual Reality
10 14 (2.34%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.17%) Biopharmaceutical
11 13 (2.17%) Cloud Native
12 12 (2.01%) Online Banking
12 12 (2.01%) Web Conferencing
13 11 (1.84%) Driving Licence
13 11 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.67%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.01%) Linux
2 17 (2.84%) Windows
3 4 (0.67%) Unix
3 4 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (52.01%) Roadmaps
2 205 (34.28%) Agile
3 165 (27.59%) Product Roadmap
4 159 (26.59%) AI
5 148 (24.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (23.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 125 (20.90%) Decision-Making
8 107 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (17.89%) Product Strategy
9 103 (17.22%) Customer Experience
10 95 (15.89%) Product Vision
11 88 (14.72%) Analytics
12 87 (14.55%) Project Management
12 87 (14.55%) Software Engineering
13 84 (14.05%) User Stories
14 83 (13.88%) Product Backlog
15 72 (12.04%) Coaching
15 72 (12.04%) Strategic Roadmap
16 71 (11.87%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 71 (11.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.86%) Java
2 44 (7.36%) Python
3 16 (2.68%) SQL
4 13 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.01%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.84%) C++
7 10 (1.67%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.84%) ABAP
8 5 (0.84%) Bash
9 4 (0.67%) C#
9 4 (0.67%) R
10 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.50%) PHP
11 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) XPath
12 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 148 (24.75%) Degree
2 44 (7.36%) Master's Degree
3 32 (5.35%) MBA
3 32 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.67%) HND
6 10 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.51%) HNC
7 9 (1.51%) PhD
7 9 (1.51%) PMP
8 7 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.17%) CSPO
8 7 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.00%) CCNA
9 6 (1.00%) MCSE
10 5 (0.84%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.69%) QA
2 17 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.51%) SLA
4 14 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.34%) GDPR
5 8 (1.34%) PMO
6 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.33%) DICOM
7 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.33%) HL7
7 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) NIST
7 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) PERC
8 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.51%) Docker
2 9 (1.51%) Firmware
3 6 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.00%) vSphere
4 5 (0.84%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.50%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.33%) Kibana
5 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 50 (8.36%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 25 (4.18%) Google
4 22 (3.68%) Adobe
5 17 (2.84%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.68%) Cisco
7 15 (2.51%) Facebook
8 13 (2.17%) Oracle
8 13 (2.17%) SAP
9 12 (2.01%) Workday
10 10 (1.67%) VMware
11 6 (1.00%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.00%) Juniper
12 5 (0.84%) FIS
12 5 (0.84%) YouTube
13 3 (0.50%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.50%) Civica
13 3 (0.50%) iManage
13 3 (0.50%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow